The intention of the enemy appeared to be to drive us against the Heilbron-Kroonstad blockhouses and the railway line.We had therefore to be prepared to fight our way through the blockhouses.And these, as I found out lately, had been greatly strengthened.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

As if refusing to let us have money on any loan here was going to prevent us from getting it!They can take their little old one-horse banks and play blockhouses with them if they want to.…Cited from The Titan, by Theodore Dreiser

And again on this occasion they did not attempt to drive us against one or other of the blockhouse lines, but they came, column on column, from all sides, and formed a big circle round us.They thus made it quite apparent that they had lost all faith in their blockhouses.I only received news of the approach of these reinforcements on the evening of the 22nd of February, after they had passed the blockhouses.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

But now things wear a very different aspect.We can pass the blockhouses by night indeed, but never by day.They are likely to prove the ruin of our commandos.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

At the top of the highest pass we had yet reached was an old wooden blockhouse.We came upon it unexpectedly, rounding a corner.…Cited from The Luck of Thirteen, by Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon

The air defences of Vienna were aided by a ring of anti-aircraft batteries set up around the city and three pairs of Flak towers.These were large anti-aircraft gun blockhouses built in the city.Due to the increasing lack of fuel, by autumn 1944, artillery on the ground was the only defence against air raids.…

We had now a short period of repose.The English were so busy building blockhouses that they had no time to fight us.Our poor horses were in a miserable condition, for so little rain had fallen that the grass was very dry and sapless.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

Some time later I was to have a similar experience, which, as far as my person was concerned, proved less successful, indeed, almost fatal.In regard to the blockhouse system, we need only make these general remarks.The blockhouses along the railway and fighting lines of the British, as well as in and round garrisoned places, played a most prominent part in bringing the war to an end.…Cited from In the Shadow of Death, by P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald

The buildings are restored, and uniformed guides conduct tours of the fortifications and buildings, including the storerooms and barracks in the blockhouse.A military museum is located on the third floor of the blockhouse.Battle of the Windmill NHS is also open during the summer months, and visitors can climb the interior staircase to enjoy the building's commanding views of the River.…

Vercheres was on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, about twenty miles below Montreal.A strong blockhouse stood outside the fort, and was connected with it by a covered way.On the morning of the twenty-second of October, the inhabitants were at work in the fields, and nobody was left in the place but two soldiers, two boys, an old man of eighty, and a number of women and children.…Cited from Count Frontenac, by Francis Parkman

Philippushka's 14 partners dug cells and a cave temple in 1851 to become the Archangel Michael Cave Temple.They made a wooden blockhouse around the central prayer cave with its window top above the ground.The walls later became of stone, but it made underground life even tougher.…

All along our line an assault was made and the enemy was holding us off with terrible effect.From their blockhouse on the hill came a magazine of shot.Shrapnell shells fell in our ranks, doing great damage.…Cited from History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, Edward A. Johnson

He was probably one of those who quite needlessly feared a blockhouse line."General, when shall we come to the blockhouses?" he asked me.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

Between 1793 and 1796, the Southwest Point Blockhouse was garrisoned by a federal contingent of 10 to 15 troops.During this time, a decision was made to replace the blockhouse with a much larger fort.While the early records regarding the fort's construction were destroyed in a fire, historians have determined that the fort was completed by federal troops under the command of Captain John Wade and Captain Richard Sparks in July 1797.…

Like other forts on the Great Plains, it was not a true fortification but appeared to be more like a frontier settlement.There was no wall around the post, and the only defensive structure was a blockhouse.The post was designed as a base for supplies and troops who could be dispatched into the field to protect vulnerable people and places when conflict with Plains Indians broke out.…

On 13 February 1991, two laser-guided smart bombs destroyed the Amiriyah blockhouse, which was a civilian air-raid shelter, killing hundreds of civilians.U.S. officials claimed that the blockhouse was also a military communications centre.Jeremy Bowen, a BBC correspondent, was one of the first television reporters on the scene.…

The burghers who had accomplished this valiant deed were: Jan Potgieter, Gert Potgieter, Jzoon, and Wessel Potgieter -- all from the district of Heilbron.I have, myself, seen a report in an English paper of my breaking through the blockhouse line.…Cited from Three Years' War, by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

The Indians beat down the door at last, and then knocked down the brave girl behind it, but they did not kill her.Sometimes the Indians attacked a blockhouse when there were none but women in it.In such cases the women would put on hats, and fix their hair so as to look like men.…Cited from Stories of American Life and Adventure, by Edward Eggleston

To all practical intents and purposes he was holding there on the porch of "The Barracks" the next State convention of the Republican party.The birds were busy about the old blockhouse opposite, coming and going.He seemed to be studying their movements through his half-open eyes, as though they were prospective delegates.…Cited from The Ramrodders, by Holman Day

He recruited and organized the 3000-man militia and was responsible for the defense of one third of the state of Ohio.He ordered several forts and blockhouses built for the protection of its citizens.He ordered roads to be built and networked between them.…